Watch List notes:

CRUSADERS. Edessa. Joscelin I de Courtenay or Joscelin II, 1119-1150. Follis (Bronze, 23 mm, 5.46 g). Nimbate bust of Christ facing, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. IЄVSЄΛЄN (somewhat blundered) Large cross in pelleted circle. CCS -. Metcalf, Crusades, p. 38. R. Pesant: Folles of Doubtful Attribution to Joscelyn de Courtenay, Count of Edessa, in: NumCirc XCIII.6 (July-August 1985), 3. Wäckerlin -. Very rare. Struck on a somewhat short flan and with some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, acquired before 2021.